News Australia to invest $620m on Sydney transport An investment of US$620m (A$1bn) has been announced for building a transit corridor from the suburb of Liverpool to the new Western Sydney International Airport. Jointly funded by local and…
News Japan weighs Chinese ‘road tram’ to take visitors up Mount Fuji Japanese authorities are considering commissioning a Chinese transport system to take visitors up Mount Fuji, The Japan Times reports. Yamanashi Prefecture had been considering a light railway but, at a…
News Alstom to upgrade people mover at Las Vegas’ international airport French engineer Alstom has won an $84m contract to upgrade the automated people mover at Harry Reid International Airport in Las Vegas. Alstom will integrate 10 additional vehicles in the…
News Tutor Perini team to build $1bn automated people mover in California A consortium containing US companies Tutor Perini and Parsons have been selected for the design, construction, financing, operation and maintenance of a 2.6km automated people mover for Inglewood in southwest…
News Alstom inaugurates joint venture for Hefei’s metro expansion French rail engineer Alstom has inaugurated a joint venture in Anhui Province, near Shanghai, where it will build a factory and offer project management and maintenance services. Hefei Alstom Rail…
News Ukraine’s Dnipro hopes to get metro extension back on track Dnipro Metro is hoping to attract companies willing to help restart a 4km metro extension that was suspended after Russia’s full-scale invasion in February 2022. The 7km system now consists…
News Webuild and NGE chosen for €1.4bn section of Grand Paris Express French civil engineer NGE and Italian contractor Webuild have been chosen to build a section of Metro Line 15 – otherwise known as the Grand Paris Express – a circular…
News Flatiron joint venture to build $446m Texas bus route A joint venture between Colorado contractor Flatiron and Missouri infrastructure specialist Herzog has been selected to build a 19km, $446m bus route in Texas. The two were selected by the…
News Balfour Beatty starts $340m Jacksonville airport expansion Balfour Beatty US has started work on the $340m Concourse B project at Jacksonville International Airport (JAX) in Florida. As general contractor, it will deliver a new concourse and an…
Markets Cambodia asks South Korea for help with $37bn transport masterplan Cambodia has invited South Korea to invest in its $37bn, 10-year programme of infrastructure improvements, the Khmer Times reports.
News Contreras Earl reveals second Melbourne vertiport as air taxis “to fly next year” Australian architect Contreras Earl has revealed its design for a second “vertiport” in Merlbourne. This will handle flying taxis at Batman Park and follows an earlier design for the city’s…
News Car park of the future designed for Hangzhou London-based architect Daniel Statham Studio has designed a futuristic car park for the city of Hangzhou, southwest of Shanghai, that combines an automated stacking system with an event space. Future…
News Foster-Buro Happold design unveiled for Poland’s new air-rail hub The developers of Poland’s ambitious new multi-modal transportation system yesterday unveiled the concept design for the $8bn airport to be built near Warsaw that will act as the interchange hub…
News Royal HaskoningDHV wins role on Sydney’s Circular Quay Dutch company Royal HaskoningDHV has been selected by Besix Watpac, the Australian subsidiary of Belgium’s Besix Group, to act as the lead maritime design engineer for Sydney’s Circular Quay. The…
News US “meets with Gulf States and India” to discuss rail and sea network The national security advisers of the US, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, and India met on Sunday to discuss building a rail network to link the Gulf states, other Arab countries,…
News Three firms in running for $2.9bn British Columbia SkyTrain extension Three consortiums have been shortlisted for a major contract on the C$3.9bn (US$2.9bn) Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension in southeastern Metro Vancouver in the province of British Columbia. The project will…
News Foster + Partners designs Dubai vertiport The ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, has endorsed a provisional concept design for a “vertiport” in the emirate created by UK headquartered architect Foster + Partners.…
News UNStudio team to design expansion of Texas public transport system A team comprising Dutch architect UNStudio, America’s HKS and Denmark’s Gehl has been selected by the Austin Transit Partnership (ATP) to work on the architecture and urban design of Project…